Seminars for up to 80 people, small board meetings in historic parlours and weddings for up to 80 guests can be organized at Guarda Val, a hotel spread across eleven old farm buildings in Sporz, above Lenzerheide in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The 50 rooms and suites sit in the same cluster of huts, so a group can meet, eat and sleep on one site at 1,600 meters.
Seminars and company events
The meeting offer is built around four rooms that open into one another through movable partition walls. Used together, they take up to 80 people. Used apart, they serve as breakout rooms after a plenary session. Smaller teams can also meet in the Stuben, the wood-paneled parlours of the old buildings, which give a quieter setting for a board meeting or a strategy day.
Day packages include high-speed Wi-Fi, a projector and screen, sound for presentations, flipcharts, pinboards and moderation kits. The hotel also arranges a supporting program: guided yoga, a scavenger hunt through the hamlet of Sporz, cooking over an open fire, photography workshops and team-building sessions. A seasonal program and a seminar file with room plans are available from the events team.
Weddings and receptions
Guarda Val sells weddings for up to 80 guests and has received a Wedding Award. A typical day can combine an aperitif on the sun terrace, a non-religious ceremony on the meadow in front of the huts, a fondue evening and a formal dinner served in the historic Stuben. Guests can stay in the hotel, which makes a two-day celebration simple to plan.
Rooms and capacities
The four seminar rooms combine to a total of 80 people. The Stuben take small groups for meetings and dinners. Outside, the sun terrace and the meadow serve for aperitifs and ceremonies in the warmer months. The hotel is open 365 days a year, so winter seminars with skiing close by are possible as well as summer retreats.
Accommodation
The hotel has 50 rooms and suites in eleven historic huts, recently renovated with their old wood and stone kept in place. Room types range from small rooms to a large suite with a whirlpool and a mountain view. A private spa suite called Stailetta and the Guarda Sana wellness area with a sauna are on site.
Catering
Seminar days include a three-course business lunch, fresh fruit and regional snacks. The kitchen works farm to table, with herbs, meat and dairy from Sporz and the surrounding area. The hotel runs the Gourmet Restaurant Guarda Val and Restaurant Crap Naros, and states that it holds a Michelin star and GaultMillau points.
History and setting
Guarda Val is a Maiensäss, a group of Alpine farm buildings once used in late spring and summer, when herds moved between the valley and the high pastures. The huts became a hotel while keeping their timber and stone. From Sporz the view opens over the Heidsee lake and the Albula valley, and a ski slope is close to the hotel.
Getting there
By car, Sporz is about 90 minutes from Zurich. Groups arriving by train can travel to Chur, where the hotel organizes a shuttle on request. The address is CH-7078 Sporz, Lenzerheide.
